Tra estremismo e moderazione: il ruolo dei circoli fascisti italo-americani nella politica estera italiana degli anni trenta (From extremist to moderate: the Italian-American fascist circles and the Italian foreign policy in the 1930s)

This essay studies the role of the Italian-American fascist circles within Italy's foreign policy in the 1930s. The article depicts the social composition of these circles and explains how they were led into changing their extremist views into a more 'moderate' propaganda, which Rome imposed with regards to the United States, following the dissolution of the Italian fasci in the late 1920s. In spite of this, the fascist government's ambiguous position towards these organizations underscores the lack of a consistent political line and a feeble propaganda attempt in the American immigration context. Finally, the poor effectiveness of the Italian-American fascist clubs' activities ceases after Pearl Harbor, when a number of fascist militants are taken into custody by US authorities and the Italian organizations are silenced.